About Us
In supercomputing, decisions tend to outlast platforms, projects, and teams.
Alces Flight is part of the Alces Group. Our work sits upstream of delivery, focused on how decisions in high-performance computing and artificial intelligence are made, remembered, and sustained over time.
We exist because many of the most consequential choices in supercomputing persist well beyond the systems they produce. Those decisions shape not only technical infrastructure, but organisations, communities, and fields of practice.
Our Position
Alces Flight is not a conventional business. We do not push sales out of the gate, nor begin with predefined solutions or assumed outcomes.
Instead, we work with organisations to:
clarify intent before commitment
surface constraints that tend to persist
make trade-offs explicit rather than implicit
preserve the rationale behind decisions, not just the artefacts
This work is often exploratory and iterative. In many cases, its value lies in preventing premature certainty.
Field stewardship
Alongside decision-focused work with organisations, Alces Flight undertakes stewardship roles that contribute to the continuity and health of the supercomputing field.
This has included:
advisory and convening roles within UK and international research infrastructure initiatives
stewardship of community programmes and conference series, including contributions connected to the SC, ISC, and CIUK conference ecosystem
sustained work on sustainability, social responsibility, and workforce development in HPC
This work exists to strengthen the conditions under which good decisions can be made, now and in the future.
Independence and continuity
Alces Flight operates independently of hardware vendors and hyperscale cloud providers. This independence is essential to our role: it allows us to work at the decision layer without pressure to converge on a particular technology, platform, or commercial outcome.
When delivery is appropriate, work may involve other parts of the Alces Group, including ConcertIM and Alces Software. Where this happens, it is done with clarity and intent.
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Company details
Registered Address:
ConcertIM Ltd,
4 Murdock Road,
Bicester,
Oxfordshire,
OX26 4PP
Open Source
We believe in giving back to the HPC community. Our latest projects can be found at the OpenFlightHPC site as well as on Github.